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For the X Plan, Railways had projected a requirement of 65,000 wagons (in terms of four wheeler units) based on the proposed revenue earning originating freight loading of 624 Million Tonnes for the terminal year 2006-07. The acquisition of wagons has been revised to 94214 wagons (in term of four wheeler units) in the Mid Term review of the Tenth Plan for the planned freight loading.
Stating this in a written reply to a question in the Lok Sabha today, the Minister of State for Railways Shri R. Velu informed the Members that requirement of wagon is broadly assessed for five year plan period and fine tuned on annual basis keeping in view volume of freight traffic expected to be carried in that particular year.
The total wagon produced in the first three years of Tenth Plan was 53148.5 wagons in terms of four wheeler units despite under performance of the public sector units. Necessary assistance is being extended to the Public Sector Units for improving their productivity, the Minister added.
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